Michael Brenes

@mbrenes1

Michael Brenes teaches history at Yale University. His new book is For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy.

The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party

The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party

Centrist Democrats who blamed the left for election losses would do well to remember the people who have fought for and shaped the party’s history.

Dec 9, 2020 / Michael Brenes and Michael Koncewicz

Joe Biden looks on in a September 1987 photograph

Joe Biden Personifies Democratic Party Failures Since the Cold War Joe Biden Personifies Democratic Party Failures Since the Cold War

The Democratic Party needs to escape the shadow of anti-communism and embrace economic and racial justice.

Mar 11, 2020 / Michael Brenes

US Navy Pacific Ocean

Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home

It’s not a pipe dream.

Feb 26, 2019 / Feature / Peter-Christian Aigner and Michael Brenes

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